| Author |
Elvestad, Sven, 1884-1934 |
| Title |
Musta tähti: Romaani
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| Note |
Reading ease score: 45.6 (College-level). Difficult to read.
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| Credits |
E-text prepared by Timo Ervasti and Tapio Riikonen
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| Summary |
"Musta tähti: Romaani" by Sven Elvestad is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Asbjörn Krag, a detective who finds himself embroiled in a thrilling adventure involving a significant prison and a dangerous conspiracy while navigating the complexities of life in America. The opening of the novel introduces Asbjörn Krag, who is reeling from a taxing investigation into a series of thefts aboard a luxury traveler ship, where he successfully apprehended a thief and recovered stolen valuables. Following his challenging assignment, Krag receives medical advice to take a sea voyage to recuperate. He boards a vessel sailing from Kristiana to the Black Sea, where circumstances soon compel him to intervene in the perilous situation of an old acquaintance, Harald Vik, who has become entangled in a revolutionary plot in America. The narrative establishes a tone of suspense, depicting Krag’s determination to unravel the crisis surrounding Vik, leading to a series of thrilling encounters that set the stage for an escalating conflict as they confront the implications of a dangerous conspiracy within the prison system. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Language |
Finnish |
| LoC Class |
PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures
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| Subject |
Detective and mystery stories
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| Subject |
Norwegian fiction -- Translations into Finnish
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| Subject |
Krag, Asbjørn (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
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| Category |
Text |
| EBook-No. |
57080 |
| Release Date |
May 3, 2018 |
| Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads |
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